Beech Aircraft Co., McDonnell Douglas Co. and Quintron have landed an Air Force contract to provide aircraft and related training worth more than $1 billion, Beech said. If all options are exercised, the Air Force will get 211 Beechjets from 1991 through 1997, according to a statement from Beech, a unit of Raytheon Co. Beech said its portion of the contract, including logistics support, would total about $1 billion.

Clearing the way for the first leg of a monorail system, the City Council late Tuesday night approved a deal that gives a developer a substantial increase in square footage for an office project in exchange for building the first half mile of track. The deal, approved earlier this month by the city Planning Commission, entitles McDonnell Douglas Realty Co. to an extra 195,000 square feet for a pair of office towers proposed for the Irvine Business Complex.

Clearing the way for the first leg of a monorail system, the City Council late Tuesday night approved a deal that gives a developer a substantial increase in square footage for an office project in exchange for building the first half mile of track. The deal, approved earlier this month by the city Planning Commission, entitles McDonnell Douglas Realty Co. to an extra 195,000 square feet for a pair of office towers proposed for the Irvine Business Complex.

Beech Aircraft Co., McDonnell Douglas Co. and Quintron have landed an Air Force contract to provide aircraft and related training worth more than $1 billion, Beech said. If all options are exercised, the Air Force will get 211 Beechjets from 1991 through 1997, according to a statement from Beech, a unit of Raytheon Co. Beech said its portion of the contract, including logistics support, would total about $1 billion.

* Lee G. Rouman has been appointed to the newly created position of director of management information systems for State of the Art Inc., an Irvine accounting software developer. He was previously with McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. and Wolverine World Wide.